How To Write Mla Term Papers
The MLA (Modern Language Association) is the most used writing
style. One reason for having been used so much is the ease
of use. There are basically only four important parts that
one needs to keep in mind when writing in the MLA style. The
first being the three body parts in which the paper will be
divided into basically Introduction, Body and Conclusion.
The final part is the work cited page in which you will state
all your referemnces. The MLA style does not encourage or
discourage the use of headings in your Research Paper but
states if the usage of headings are important than all of
them should be centered. The entire paper is formatted to
double spacing and the margins all around are set to an inch.
At the top left hand corner comes the place where you put
the page numbers with your last name. Please remember that
your last name comes first and then followed by the page number.
If you are using a word processor you can set the program
to do this automatically.
INTRODUCTION
The introduction of your Research Paper should be made very
clear at the beginning. After you have finished with the introduction
you should be able to tell exactly what the paper is all about.
The introduction should be a maximum of two hundred words
and nothing more than that. The introduction should state
why you are The introduction should state why you are performing
the study and what you are trying to prove or state. If you
are tring to argue a point then you need to state both sides
of the argument and you will need to also state which side
you are on. If it is a literature review then you need to
state both literature and then narrow it down to the one you
are going to talk about. In short what we mean is when you
start your approach should not be too broad but in the end
it should be narrowed to what your paper is going to talk
about.
To look at it in another way the introduiction should reflect
four paragraphs in which the following ideas are to be expressed.
So your four paragraphs should answer to the following headings.
Please don’t include the following headings these are
just here to act as a guide:
1 The general introduction
2 The literature review
3 The connection of the present study to the literature and
4 The explicit statement of purpose .
BODY
The body of the paper will consists of what you want to discuss
in the paper. The discussions should be in full and should
not have the reader be left in a puzzled state. Be sure to
carefully analyze what you have to say.Once you have the thoughts
registered in your mind; it is recommended that you organize
them and give them brief headers. Once you have finished with
writing on the headers you can delete them so that it all
looks like running thoughts of the body. Be sure to quote
a lot and use references from various books and/or other services.
When you are quoting please remember to In-text cite each
one of them. In the reference section below you will find
how you should give the entry in the works cited page and
how you should intext cite for each one of them.
CONCLUSION
The conclusion should end your discussion. In here you should
announce what the outcome of your arguments or your study
reveals. You should also announce ways of improving if there
are any and how it would help to better the factors you want
to protect.
To help you make better conclusion you should divide your
concluding thoughts into various headings and then delete
those headings after you have finnishe3d with them.
References
Book.
(one author)
Bibliography:
Johnson, Charles Richard. Middle Passage. New York:
Atheneum, 1990.
In-Text:
(Johnson 176)
Book
(two to three authors)
Bibliography:
Leakey, Mary D. and Louis S. B. Leakey. Some String Figures
from
North East Angola. Lisboa: Museu do Dundo, 1949.
In Text:
(Leakey and Leakey 12)
For more authors, use:
(Leakey et al.)
Anthology
Bibliography:
McNally, John, ed. Humor Me: An Anthology of Humor
by Writers of Color. Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 2002.
In-Text:
(McNally xv)
Work in an Anthology
Bibliography:
James, Henry. “The Friends of the Friends.” The
Norton
Book of Ghost Stories. Ed. Brad Leithauser. New
York: Norton, 1994. 40-60.
In-Text:
(James 47)
Encyclopedia Article
Work Cited:
“Magna Carta.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica.
15th ed.
1998.
In-Text:
(“Magna Carta”)
Journal Article
Bibliography:
Myerson, Joel. “A Calendar of Transcendental Club Meetings.”
American Literature 44 (1972): 197-207.
In-Text:
(Myerson 199)
Magazine Article
Bibliography:
Cook, Mariana. “Cousin Kay.” Victoria. Nov.
2001: 27-28.
In-Text:
(Cook 28)
Newspaper Article
Bibliography:
Johnston, David Cay. “Got Game? Got Old Game?”
New
York Times 11 July 2003, late ed., F1+.
In-Text:
(Johnston F3)
Review
Bibliography:
Barth, Melissa E. Rev. of The Summons, by John Grisham.
Magill Book Reviews 1 Nov. 2002: 221.
In-Text:
(Barth)
Work of Art (photograph of)
Bibliography
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique. Apotheosis of Homer. Musee
du Louvre, Paris. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages.
10th ed. By Helen Gardner. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace,
1996. Plate 22.
In-Text:
(Ingres)
Television Program
Bibliography:
“Popularity of Fur on Rise Again.” Narr. Virginia
Cha.
Sunday Today. NBC. WNBC, New York. 9 Feb.
2003.
In-Text:
(“Popularity of Fur”)
Sound Recording (CD)
Bibliography:
Copland, Aaron. Long Time Ago: American Songs. Saint
Paul Chamber Orch. Cond. Hugh Wolff. Teldec,
1994.
In-Text:
(Copland)
WWW Home Page
Bibliography:
The Edith Wharton Society. Ed. Donna Campbell.
5 Aug. 2003. Gonzaga U. 14 Aug. 2003
<http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/wharton/indexa.html>.
In-Text:
(Edith)
Document from a WWW Site
Bibliography:
Oates, Joyce Carol. “The Magnanimity of Wuthering Heights.”
Critical Inquiry 9 (1982): 435-449. Celestial Timepiece:
A Joyce Carol Oates Home Page. Ed. Randy Souther.
2003. U of San Francisco. 14 Aug. 2003
<http://storm.usfca.edu/~southerr/wuthering.html>.
In-Text:
(Oates)
Item from a Library Database
Bibliography:
Clark, Zsuzsanna. “From Saturday-Night Poetry to Big
Brother.”
New Statesman 21 July 2003: 32. Academic Search Premier.
EBSCOHost. Ohio State U Libs., Columbus. 14 Aug. 2003.
In-Text:
(Clark)
E-Mail Communication
Bibliography:
Grisham, John. E-mail to the author. 14 July 2002.
In-Text:
(Grisham).
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